Installation view, “Red Eyed Skywalkers “, 2008 is the 2nd adaptation of the large scale site-specific public project this time in the heart of Theater Square and Star Plaza in Cleveland, Ohio, co produced by Ingenuity Festival and a grant by Ohio State Art Council. The design and the sequencing of the work consist of small wi fi video cameras attached on 99 red weather balloons inflated with helium. The cameras capture aerial data around the Plaza and through the Internet broadcast live and archived streaming data, which is displayed on large display screens located on facades and buildings around the city .The artist by fusing art and technology creates a strikingly beautiful vision which transforms the public space for the 21st century. “ Redeyed Skywalkers” is a celebration of the spectacle, excess, beauty and desire of contemporary culture and a provocative comment on the issues of surveillance, fear and control in our society.
